Students can find the Honors Center at the Claire T. Carney Library, Room 212. Students can also locate the Honors Program Director and Cindy Pisapia to ask any questions about the Honors Program.
Honors Program Staff
Catherine Villanueva Gardner
Director of the University Honors Program; Professor, Department of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies
Office: Library Room 215
Professor Catherine Villanueva Gardner specializes in feminist philosophy, especially ethics, epistemology, and the retrieval of forgotten historical women philosophers. Her most recent book (PSU Press, 2012) explores whether there is a distinctive feminist approach to the history of philosophy. Her first book (Westview, 2003) examines why women philosophers have been excluded from the philosophical canon. Gardner was also invited to write a reference work, (Scarecrow, 2006). In addition, Gardner has published articles in journals and edited collections.
Email: cgardner@umassd.edu
Telephone: 508.999.8253
Brian Ayotte
Associate Director of the University Honors Program, Associate Professor of Psychology
Office: LARTS Room 347
Professor Ayotte is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is also an adjunct faculty member of Center on Aging at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. His research focuses primarily on the role of individual characteristics and interpersonal relationships in health and health behaviors throughout the life span. Prof. Ayotte has published over 16 peer reviewed articles and contributed to several book chapters.
Email: bayotte@umassd.edu
Telephone: 508.999.9206
Keota Fields
Coordinator of Success and Advising, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Office: LARTS Room 380
Cindy Pisapia
Administrative Assistant for the University Honors Program
Office: Library Room 214
Cindy Pisapia has been at UMass Dartmouth for 31 years. During that time, she has worked for the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Center for Marine and Science Technology, and for the last 20 years, she has worked for the Honors Program.
Email: cpisapia@umassd.edu
Telephone: 508.999.8820, Fax: 508.910.6541
Honors Council Student Directors
Grant E. Mooney
Student Director
Email: gmooney@umassd.edu
Brianna Johnson
Associate Student Director
Email: bjohnson4@umassd.edu
Karen Keller
Secretary
Email: kkeller@umassd.edu
Sarah A. Moore
Community Service Director
Email: smoore2@umassd.edu
Honors Committee
Anupama Arora
Professor, English
Office: LARTS, Room 322
Phone: 508.910.6250
aarora@umassd.edu
Brian Ayotte
Associate Professor, Psychology
Office: LARTS, Room 347
Phone: 508.999.9206
bayotte@umassd.edu
Geoffrey Cowles
Associate Professor, SMAST Fisheries Oceanography
Office: SMAST East, New Bedford 218
Phone: 508.910.6397
gcowles@umassd.edu
Beste Gucler
Associate Professor, STEM Education and Teacher Development
Office: LARTS, Room 396C
Phone: 508.910.6952
bgucler@umassd.edu
Guarav Khanna
Professor, Physics
Office: SENG, Room 204A
Phone: 508.910.6605
gkhanna@umassd.edu
Bruce Maddocks
Full Time Lecturer, Design
Office: CVPA, Room 302A
Phone: 508.910.6977
bmaddocks@umassd.edu
Olivia Piepmeier
Assistant Librarian, Library/Information Services
Office: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 237
Phone: 508.999.8526
omiller@umassd.edu
Kristen Sethares
Associate Professor and PhD Program Director, Adult Nursing
Office: Dion, Room: 308 B
Phone: 508.999.9148
ksethares@umassd.edu
Cheng Wang
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Office: LARTS, Room 394 G
Phone: 508.999.8342
cwang1@umassd.edu
D. Steven White
Professor, Management and Marketing
Office: CCB, Room 323
Phone: 508.999.8267
swhite@umassd.edu
